CWT Meetings & Events reveals Top 2015 Trends

New report highlights compliance is key

CWT Meetings & Events, the award-winning meetings & events agency, today released its 2015 Meetings & Events Forecast, which suggestscompliance will remain top of the agenda for next year.

CWT Meetings & Events expects compliance to be the number one concern for companies consolidating their programs and seeking additional transparency across multiple geographies. Meanwhile, new compliance regulations in the pharmaceutical industry in 2015, including the Sunshine Act in the US, designed to create greater transparency around the financial relationships between drug and device manufacturers and health care providers, will mean significant impact on regulation in the sector.

Floyd Widener, senior vice president, CWT Meetings & Events worldwide, said, “This is the third edition of our meetings & events forecast, and it’s interesting to see the renewed focus on compliance in our industry. With 2015 on the horizon, the forecast provides valuable insight for our clients to refer to in upcoming budgeting and negotiations, whether they're focused on meetings, events or strategic meetings management.”
The report contains a raft of valuable recommendations to help planners achieve success in the next 12 months.

Recommendations include trying hybrid events to save costs and involve remote employees unable to participate in person, basing events in-country or in-region to minimize costs, carbon footprint and delegate travel times, and working with an agency with strong industry relationships to get the best deals and supplier terms.

About CWT Meetings & EventsCWT Meetings & Events is the meetings & events division of Carlson Wagonlit Travel business portfolio, the world’s leading business travel and meetings management company.

CWT Meetings & Events is where ideas meet results. We are a global, full-service meetings and events agency with unparalleled experience, providing innovative, effective end-to-end strategic meetings and event management. With over 1,400 event specialists across over 75 countries, our expert local knowledge is backed up by our global resources.

We are driving industry-leading innovation in strategic meetings management and delivering over 35,000 creative, high-quality events for customers from all industry sectors each year. Our creative know-how helps us to deliver events with creative and innovative venue sourcing, while with our logistics expertise, we help clients with group travel, compliance, logistics, and at the same time save them money.

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